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Poster:	N Hoey	Date:	Dec 18, 2011 5:49pm
Forum:	GratefulDead	Subject:	Re: shoreline as a venue

Having arrived to the Bay Area in '78, I was lucky to see 6 shows at Winterland. While the building was well worn it had TONS of character. Seeing shows right in SF in a neighborhood of victorians was cool. The Berkeley Greek was truly great too, as was the Frost. Shoreline, not so much. I've never liked Shoreline. It's just another shed type facility with a tent roof instead of a metal one. Built on a dump site, it had little to recommend it compared to other venues. The Greek is a bowl shape which makes for great sight and sound lines for those further back. Shoreline is cone shaped which makes those further back feel REALLY far from the action. Most GD shows here prior to Shoreline were GA, at the Frost, at the Greek, at Kaiser, at Oakland Coliseum, you could go anywhere, not so at Shoreline.